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EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THE CLEAREST STRIKES OF THE FEW KNOWN COPLEY & CO. MINERS' EXPRESS COVERS. A RARE TRANSCONTINENTAL USAGE, WHICH WAS CARRIED OUTSIDE THE REGULAR MAILS UNTIL IT REACHED NEW YORK CITY.
This express between Marysville and the Gibsonville Ridge and Feather River mining camps was operated briefly in 1855-56 by Jack Copley. Examples of his distinctive "Miners' Express" handstamp are very rare. This cover has the added element of rarity in that it was carried outside the regular mails via Panama or Nicaragua, presumably by express. It was posted at New York City and received the standard domestic-mail datestamp.
Ex Dale-Lichtenstein. With 2004 P.F. certificate (Image)